SB 940 Oklahoma Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Harmful woody species; requiring certain report to be compiled and submitted to the Oklahoma Conservation Commission. Effective date. Emergency.

Senate Bill 940 directs the Oklahoma Conservation Commission to implement a statewide plan for the control and removal of harmful woody species, like Eastern Redcedar, on state-owned, -leased, or -operated lands. It requires several state agencies, including the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Transportation, to submit a comprehensive report by January 1, 2026. This report must detail their inventory of affected areas and their plans to eradicate these species from their properties. Subsequently, these agencies must electronically submit annual progress reports to the Legislature by November 1st, starting in 2026.

Issues: ✓ Environment

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action May 6, 2025

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What changed between versions

Floor (House) → Floor (Senate) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was transferred from the House of Representatives to the Senate floor version, resulting in several formatting and structural changes. The Senate version adds a date (February 17, 2025) and reorganizes the bill's header information. The substantive content regarding the Oklahoma Conservation Commission's duties to implement a plan for controlling harmful woody species remains largely unchanged, though the Senate version includes additional page headers and committee information.

TECHNICAL

Header changed from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' with updated date formatting.

Added page headers indicating 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION - SB940 SFLR' and committee amendment notation.

Committee report attribution changed from 'COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES OVERSIGHT' to 'COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND WILDLIFE'.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 28, 2025

Committee

Referred for enrollment

upper

Apr 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 0

lower

Apr 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

CR; Do Pass Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee

lower

Apr 8, 2025

Lower · Passed

Policy recommendation to the Energy and Natural Resources Oversight committee; Do Pass Agriculture

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Committee

Referred to Agriculture

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

Engrossed to House

upper

Mar 10, 2025

Committee

Referred for engrossment

upper

Mar 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0

upper

Feb 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass Agriculture and Wildlife committee; CR filed

upper

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors